The Swan
A darkly comic tale of bullying and intellectual superiority rooted in Dahl's mordant sensibility, where a clever boy's escape from his tormentors carries both whimsy and menace.
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
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